If B8 goes down, will you migrate to B8 Discord?

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Board 8 » If B8 goes down, will you migrate to B8 Discord?
Raka_Putra
04/18/2024
08:54 AM
#1
I much prefer the message board format and that's why I haven't been really active over there.

But when the bean counters at Fandom finally decide to save like $300 per year by killing the message boards, I might get more active over there. Maybe. Especially now that they've got threads.
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iiaattgg
04/18/2024
08:59 AM
#2
Depends on who uses the discord
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MZero
04/18/2024
09:20 AM
#3
I'm in the server already but I very rarely check in. Would probably get slightly more active but not a lot more
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wg64Z
04/18/2024
09:29 AM
#4
Im in it, but never use it. I much prefer the forums.

That said, I'm not ready to lose B8.
Leonhart4
04/18/2024
09:36 AM
#5
Nah, I'm good
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Wanglicious
04/18/2024
09:39 AM
#6
migrate is a strong word.
use from time to time, sure. use as a common place to go and check stuff, not for most things. wrestling yeah, maybe an interest or two if a game rolls out and i'm wanting to play with people. otherwise uh... probably not that much?
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Lopen
04/18/2024
09:40 AM
#7
Not a big fan of the culture in there so I think that'd just be the end of the line for me

I am ON the discord if anyone ever wanted to reach me though
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foolm0r0n
04/18/2024
09:44 AM
#8
We should try the forum mode on there. I feel like even if 100% of b8ers went on the discord, there would still be a pretty clear divide between chatters and forumers since the culture is so different. But also a good amount of overlap, so it would be worth it overall.

Though there's something about the 500 post limit and purged topic format that just feels more comfortable though. I could make a bot that simulates that on discord.
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ChaosTonyV4
04/18/2024
09:46 AM
#9
Im already there, but I rarely chat. Its so much easier to naturally jump into an ongoing conversation on the board vs a chat.
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AriaOfBolo
04/18/2024
09:47 AM
#10
Already started.
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TomNook7
04/18/2024
09:48 AM
#11
MZero posted...
I'm in the server already but I very rarely check in. Would probably get slightly more active but not a lot more

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Dels
04/18/2024
09:54 AM
#12
Voted "Maybe/I don't know/Unsure" because I sort of disagree with the premise of the question. Discord and a message board are just not really comparable (unless we use this threads feature which I've never even seen used before tbh so idk how similar it is). I'm already on the discord but the convos there aren't the same as following a thread here so I just don't think it could replace it, and if anything, the chat scrolling by even quicker would make me less likely to try and follow it.
Raka_Putra
04/18/2024
10:37 AM
#13
Lopen posted...
Not a big fan of the culture in there so I think that'd just be the end of the line for me
What is it like? I'm not there often enough to discern the culture.

Dels posted...
Voted "Maybe/I don't know/Unsure" because I sort of disagree with the premise of the question. Discord and a message board are just not really comparable (unless we use this threads feature which I've never even seen used before tbh so idk how similar it is). I'm already on the discord but the convos there aren't the same as following a thread here so I just don't think it could replace it, and if anything, the chat scrolling by even quicker would make me less likely to try and follow it.
How would you word it?
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SeabassDebeste
04/18/2024
10:39 AM
#14
I'm on the discord already but yeah vastly prefer message board. how does the forum mode work? would be very interested
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Dels
04/18/2024
10:43 AM
#15
Oh I don't think there's any better way to ask the question. I just don't really think its migrate-able. I guess I might ask "If board 8 dies, would you spend more time on the discord due to the void left by it" but that would be like "becuase i lost one thing, i now do a different thing", not "i have replaced the thing with another thing that can fill the same role" don't mind me, i am being overly pedantic.
ctesjbuvf
04/18/2024
10:47 AM
#16
I would try out forum mode there.
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ItzKnightz
04/18/2024
10:56 AM
#17
here for me if B8 goes down I would just set up mafia on another board.
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foolm0r0n
04/18/2024
10:58 AM
#18
Here's an example from my test server. I think it needs a few things to feel more like gfaqs:
post limit (500)
purging (4 weeks)
slow mode (only 1 post per user per minute)
some thematic change so it looks less flat

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d6dc53cb.png
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Maniac64
04/18/2024
11:00 AM
#19
I did not know that Discord had a forum mode.
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NBIceman
04/18/2024
11:01 AM
#20
Can someone explain to me, an idiot, why there's concern over this?

I saw the ban on political discussions and so forth but I guess I don't quite understand the connection.
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PerfectChaosZ
04/18/2024
11:02 AM
#21
Yeah I joined the discord yesterday
Leonhart4
04/18/2024
11:02 AM
#22
NBIceman posted...
Can someone explain to me, an idiot, why there's concern over this?

I saw the ban on political discussions and so forth but I guess I don't quite understand the connection.

People are just seeing Fandom's attitude toward the forums as the beginning of the end
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Fiop
04/18/2024
11:06 AM
#23
Like others, I technically joined the Discord but seldom check it. I suppose if the boards shut down without warning, that's currently the default place I'd go to see what was happening, but dunno if I would stay long term.

I regularly post in exactly one Discord server and dunno if the kinda stuff I come to B8 for would work well on Discord.
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GranzonEx
04/18/2024
11:10 AM
#24
I'm in a discord with people that are also on the b8 discord so not much will change for me I guess.
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xenosaga
04/18/2024
11:19 AM
#25
I'm on the discord but never really use it. Might check it out a bit more if this place shuts down and there is a forum mode going.
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Xuxon
04/18/2024
11:27 AM
#26
No, I will migrate to whatever the successor message board is. There's clearly demand for one.
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Fluttershy_Pony
04/18/2024
11:31 AM
#27
Probably not. I don't use Discord and I don't do well in real time chatting environments; I need space to keep editing and deleting posts to feel comfortable. I could probably adjust eventually, but I likely won't even try.
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shane15
04/18/2024
11:33 AM
#28
Would suck if this site finally closed. Been my main point of call online since forever. I'd probably go to whatever message board was set up to replace it and/or the Discord.
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Grimlyn
04/18/2024
11:41 AM
#29
I might join but honestly doubt I'd use it

NBIceman posted...
Can someone explain to me, an idiot, why there's concern over this?

I saw the ban on political discussions and so forth but I guess I don't quite understand the connection.
I was hypothesizing CE's doom less than a year ago when Fandom deleted the Politics board and I mean yeah look what happened.

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Murphiroth
04/18/2024
11:47 AM
#30
I just joined the other day but I doubt I'd use it much.
FFDragon
04/18/2024
11:52 AM
#31
I doubt it, really.

B8 is like the perfect storm of what I want
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pyresword
04/18/2024
12:09 PM
#32
The Discord forum mode is very bad imo, but I'd probably use it resentfully if the actual forum went down. I like it fine as a chat service and already use the B8 Discord for that though. (Although I only really visit some of the sub channels)
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MZero
04/18/2024
12:23 PM
#33
someone make a proboards
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Underleveled
04/18/2024
12:29 PM
#34
Nope. I've been meaning to spend less time on here. If it goes poof, that's my chance to say sayonara.
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GranzonEx
04/18/2024
12:30 PM
#35
MZero posted...
someone make a proboards
I think red/redsox/rocket mentioned that as an option when we discussed this during SBAllen's resignation topic
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foolm0r0n
04/18/2024
12:33 PM
#36
Let's make a Board Eight Two forum

What could go wrong
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Natalie
04/18/2024
12:34 PM
#37
I guess maybe I'd check in there more often, but Discord is a bad platform that's begun its own downward slide. Forums/message boards have a lot going for them that Discord, even with its faux-forum mode, can't replicate: the ability to maintain ongoing conversations intended to be referenced and backread is the main thing, since it's a very "in the moment" design, as well as the lack of searchability, the social pressure that comes with its user list/"<name> is typing" format, the ephemerality of messages making it less worthwhile to make longform contributions, etc. I think you can only retain the vibe by moving to another forum.
FL81
04/18/2024
12:39 PM
#38
I'm in it and use it, but we should still have some form of traditional forum
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Dels
04/18/2024
12:46 PM
#39
foolm0r0n posted...
Let's make a Board Eight Two forum

What could go wrong

Probably the same thing that goes wrong with every attempted "migration" when a community shuts down - No one could all agree on their ideal place to migrate, so the attempt would fail.
Leonhart4
04/18/2024
12:48 PM
#40
A Board 8 Subreddit exists
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ChaosTonyV4
04/18/2024
12:55 PM
#41
Not many of the regulars are left, but this brings me back to GameFAQsASCII.

What a great time that was, everyone making their own sidebar "ads" and leveling up to get funky perks.
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SHINE_GET_64
04/18/2024
12:57 PM
#42
Been using it for years now

Enough to be quarantined into my own channel where we discuss the games were playing and trophies we're earning
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MZero
04/18/2024
12:57 PM
#43
foolm0r0n posted...
Let's make a Board Eight Two forum

What could go wrong

What ever happened to Board 8 II anyway? I think it was called that at least. I remember you could get points and buy emojis and stuff. I also feel like it might have been called Board 8 Train for some reason. idk it was a long time ago
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ChaosTonyV4
04/18/2024
01:00 PM
#44
MZero posted...
What ever happened to Board 8 II anyway? I think it was called that at least. I remember you could get points and buy emojis and stuff. I also feel like it might have been called Board 8 Train for some reason. idk it was a long time ago

I'm pretty sure you're thinking of GFA, IIRC the URL was literally train.gamefaqsascii.com or train.board8.com

If anyone remembers Aga's current account name and can tag him, he'd know, obviously lol.
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skulltrumpets
04/18/2024
01:02 PM
#45
I really need to actually post more in the discord instead of just lurking like a weirdo and posting in the vgm and pokemon channels like once a month LMAO

idk what I'd do without the good posts channel y'all are a hoot
GANON1025
04/18/2024
01:05 PM
#46
Yeah Id probably move, but like others have said its not the perfect replacement for the forums atmosphere
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MZero
04/18/2024
01:06 PM
#47
ChaosTonyV4 posted...
I'm pretty sure you're thinking of GFA, IIRC the URL was literally train.gamefaqsascii.com

Yeah, I didn't see your post 41 before typing that up but that sounds right. There is a train and a II in the URL so that's probably why I thought it was one of those!
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foolm0r0n
04/18/2024
01:06 PM
#48
omfg b8train was so damn good

but BE2 was... disastrous
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th3l3fty
04/18/2024
01:16 PM
#49
foolm0r0n posted...
but BE2 was... disastrous

Smurf and warning_crazy had positions of power on BE2, and I think that says enough on its own
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Grimlyn
04/18/2024
01:16 PM
#50
ChaosTonyV4 posted...
I'm pretty sure you're thinking of GFA, IIRC the URL was literally train.gamefaqsascii.com or train.board8.com
can confirm as the BE2 co-founder that it did not have points

just a lot of ff6 emotes to buy things
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